Then, its claws reached in and, quickly and steadily, pulled out a dark red, slightly trembling object from the abdomen of the figure inside...
It was placed into a faintly glowing, transparent box and sealed. Then, another claw grabbed the empty, limp human shell and roughly tossed it into a black garbage bag on a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt started and carried the bag away.
The whole process was quiet, efficient, and cold. Like processing fish on an assembly line in a factory.
Sometimes the radio would come on, its voice a cold, synthesized electronic tone, devoid of any emotion.
"Area D7, disinfection spray activated. Periodic maintenance required."
Hiss—a burst of mist sprayed past.
"Container Beta-12, Kidney Adaptability Update: Excellent. Reserve organ marked as 'Gardener F'."
"Warning: Container Delta-5, liver function indicators slightly decreased. Additional nutrient injection."
Jiang Chan listened intently. These fragmented pieces of information were her only window into understanding this awful place.
She heard her number.
"The Gamma-7 container exhibits excellent cardiac activity maintenance and high compatibility potential. Continuous monitoring is required."
Excellent cardiac activity...
High potential for adaptation...
Jiang Chan's gaze instinctively fell on her chest. Through the green slime and glass, she could only make out a blurry outline. The heart, still beating regularly, was now marked with death. It was no longer just the pump keeping her body afloat, but also a carefully wrapped poison bomb.
Time flowed slowly in the green slime, obscuring the distinction between day and night. Only the regularly injected nutrient solution and the occasional broadcasts and the sounds of robotic arms marked the passage of time.
The coolness from the injection had long since vanished, and she seemed to have grown accustomed to the sweet, fishy smell. Her body felt unchanged. On the instrument panel outside the jar, her indicator lights continued to flash a reassuring green.
Everything seemed "normal".
until--
Woo-woo-woo-woo!
A piercing alarm, extremely loud and penetrating, suddenly rang out throughout the entire space without warning!
The sharp sound pierced Jiang Chan's ears like needles!
At the same time, the lighting in the entire room suddenly changed! The light strips embedded in the ceiling and walls instantly changed from cold white light to a rapidly flashing, unsettling deep red!
The red light splashed down like blood, staining the entire room and all the figures immersed in the green liquid with an ominous scarlet hue!
The volume of the electronic voice on the radio suddenly increased:
"Attention! Clean-up Day begins across the entire area! Deep sterilization will begin in 6 hours!"
"Repeat! The deep sterilization procedure will be performed in 6 hours!"
"All non-essential activities are immediately suspended! All equipment is put into standby maintenance mode!"
"Area lockdown activated! Entry or exit prohibited!"
Buzz...
The robotic arm, which had been moving nimbly in the distance, suddenly froze in mid-air, emitting a low buzzing sound. The indicator light turned yellow as a warning, and then it slowly retracted all its claws and returned to its original position.
The gurgling sound of the liquid flowing also decreased.
The humming of the machines throughout the space quickly subsided.
Only the piercing alarm and the flashing blood-red lights stubbornly proclaimed their existence.
Clean-up Day!
Deep sterilization!
Jiang Chan's heart sank suddenly, as if she had fallen into an ice cave! Although she didn't understand exactly how "deep sterilization" worked, she knew without a doubt that it was something that could completely clean up all the dirt—including those "sweet poisons" disguised as nutrient solutions in her blood vessels!
She only had 6 hours!
If she's still in this jar in six hours, if she hasn't been harvested... then all the poison that was painstakingly injected into her body will be disposed of like trash! Her revenge plan will be stillborn before it even begins!
Panic, like a cold, venomous snake, instantly coiled around her heart!
what to do?
They must be picked within these 6 hours!
There must be a "customer" placing an order!
It must match!
But this was completely beyond her control! She was just a piece of "meat"! A piece of "meat" lying on the chopping board, waiting to be picked over!
The green slime seemed to grow colder. Flashes of red flickered in her blurred vision, like the eyes of a demon. The piercing alarm relentlessly counted down the approaching death—not the death of her body, but the death of her hope for revenge!
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